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imp. Come on board here and haul him 

 up.' 7 



So with the aid of three darkies, he was 

 brought to the surface, and secured to the 

 boat for towing back to the vessel. I wanted 

 to cut him clear, but they would not listen to 

 the proposal. 



" Fine fish, Massa Cap'n ! Oh gran' ! Don't 

 cut him ! Darkey give you thousand oranges." 



They didn't know my knife was on the brig, 

 or they would not have pleaded so hard. To 

 bring the story to a close, the getting back to 

 the vessel, which constituted a couple of hours 

 of hard towing, we'll pass by, and view the 

 prize as he lay on the raft. He was 8 feet 

 long, 6 feet wide, 2 feet or more thick, much 

 the shape of a skate, with a whip-handle tail. 

 A head in ugliness resembling what is known 

 among shore fishermen as a " drum sculpin " 

 most repulsive when looked at. A mouth 

 18 inches or more wide, set with rows of shark 

 teeth, and hung round with long smellers or 

 suckers. After being cut up, he weighed 

 nearly 400 Ibs., his colour nearly approaching 

 blackness. 



With this recital, leave must be taken of my 



